Cartier Tank Arrondie 1970s Auction Example 23mm
Tank Arrondie Auction Example 2017
How it wears
Wears larger than its 23 mm case suggests
Cartier Tank Arrondie 1970s Auction Example 23mm measures 29 mm lug-to-lug on a 23 mm case, a lug-to-lug ratio of 1.26 against a database median of 1.18. That span is shorter than 99% of the 8,010 watches in this database and shorter than 93% of the 196 Cartier watches listed.
A flat wrist width of 33 mm (1.30 in) or more keeps it in the balanced range, and from 39 mm (1.54 in) it starts to look compact. Below 29 mm (1.14 in) the lugs are likely to overhang the wrist. Flat wrist width is measured straight across the top of the wrist, not around it.
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Fit reference
Leaves generous margin on both sides, matching classic and dress-watch proportions.
Sources
- https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/bring-a-loupe-february-10-2017
Hodinkee reports 29mm lug-to-lug, 23mm case size/width for Cartier Tank Arrondie 1970s Auction Example in “Bring a Loupe: An Elegant Mido Multi-Centerchrono, A Military-Issued Heuer Autavia 73463, An Overlooked Cartier Tank Arrondie, A Full-Set Rolex GMT, And More.” The article's planar case length/top-to-bottom dimension is stored as the lug-to-lug equivalent.
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